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Today In Parliament: 04.06.09

Thursday, 4 June 2009, 4:59 pm
Article: Tom Frewen

Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament

Tom Frewen: More questions about the resignation of Internal Affairs minister, Richard Worth, although the Opposition failed to unearth the reasons for his departure from the Cabinet. Education minister, Ann Tolley, rejects claims of cuts in her spending vote, saying she is merely reprioritising.

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Today In Parliament: 04.06.09

Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament

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COMMENT

Gordon Campbell: On Surviving Trump’s Trip To La La Land

Ramzy Baroud: Famine In Gaza - Will We Continue To Watch As Gaza Starves To Death?

Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - A Government Backbencher's Lot Not Always A Happy One

Richard S. Ehrlich: Cyber-Spying 'From Lhasa To London' & Tibet Flexing

Gordon Campbell: On Aussie Election Aftershocks And Life Lessons

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Regarding Popes, Dopes And Hopes

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